Hi! I’m a french player and come here to compare our point of view. Some French RP players are tired of Scarlet and have many complains about her and Arena.net. I decided to come and talk to the English community to see if there is a convergenr point of view about her.
The thing is that the major issue with the Living World storyline is Scarlet.
Everything seems inconsistent with this character from the beginning. “Hi ! I learned the mysteries of the Universe with the College of Synergetics, technomagical with the College of Dynamics, architecture with the College of Statics, smithing with a Norn and mechanic with a Charr of the Iron Legion. It take me only one years for graduate in each. I worked with Inquest, who dislike other races and use them as slave and guinea pig, but they make an exception for me. I manipulated the Charrs of the Flame Legion, the Dredges, the Nightmare Court, the Kraits, the Inquest and some pirates to serve my supremely clever plans where everything goes well exactly as I had expected and against you can do absolutely nothing. You’re all my toys !”
In the opinion of many French people is that Scarlet is just a Dark Mary Sue. It’s why so many players complain about her. Arena.net is rotting the lore with Scarlet. What next ? Savage Alliance with Skritt, Grawls and Centaurs ? Ice Alliance with Hyleks and Svanirs ? And after that the Mega-Alliance involving all the alliances ? They should stop the nonsense…
Guild Wars 2 it’s : Elders Dragons and minor threats (Centaurs, Svanirs, Inquest, Flame Legion, …) against the Orders and the five races.
French players want to see Living World content with these minor threats to remind their existence. Personnally, If I can see the Flame Legion put the Black Citadel under siege I will be very happy. Other Living World content about Elders Dragons to remind the threat they are on Tyria. Zhaïtan was killed and they don’t give a kitten ? And between these, festive content like the Mad King Thorn.
But please stop with Scarlet. she’s a failed character, coated in a poorly made escalation, with nonsense at all floors… Last exemple in mind, when at the top of the Nightmare tower she speak five minutes and leave nonchalantly and NO ONE MOVE… The biggest current threat on Tyria (ahead of these napping dragons) is in front of us, with no guards and no wall of bramble between us and no one try to kill her ? They’re heroes that climbed the Nightmare tower or molluscs ? It’s not because of well crafted plans that she’s unstopable, it’s because heroes don’t give a kitten to her when she’s around…
French RP players mostly ask Arena.net to kill her and let us forget this mistake with better Living World content instead of this growing bunch of crap stomping every piece of lore. No more Mary Sueism, please !
